The Wilmingtonian., 1887-04-23


"May seem queer business to YOU he be.
gan, "but it's very simple. Back in 1865 |
was Thompsonian doctor in Indiana, but
frequently, in my practice, made little trips
in science that were trifle ontsde o the
book. l lost four or five patients, nebbe,
but that's no more than the regulars do when
they're investigatin', an got facts in return
that paid me ten times over. 'Mong other
things found out that it's just as easy to
make woman weigh 500 pounds as It is to
pull her up to $50. At that time fat women
OF any size was unknown. Wasn't a woman
In the business could go over 400 without lead
In her petticoats But nowl Just look at
that said he proudly, as he patted the kid
enveloped ham which Ethel called her foot.
"She's only $50 just now, but wait till I'm
done with her and you won't know ber. Will
they, Ethelr said he with some enthusiasm.
Ethel expressed her confidence by coy,
girlish smile which measured half foot or
less.
"But-a- what is the processr
"As far us the physiological side goes it's
my own secret" said Keever, sam l could get
heap o money for it if I'd sell. Provided
you've got a first class subject to work with,
all you want is to take care Of the surround.
in conditions an give her my tonic. l lit
on little combination of two vegetable ex-
tracts that had a wonderful effect in stimu.
lating the liver. Not only that, but 1t
strengthened the nerve o. the digestive system
and abnormally developed the Will and the
receptaculum chyli which secretes all the nu-
tritious part of the food, partickerly the oleic
and stearic acids, which makes all the fat.
Soon as l got hold o it l saw fortune ahead
o. me, an didn't see wrong. My graduates
is wuth from $40 to 500 week, an get
steady royalty on every one Of them, because
they amt no failures. You needn't think
that every woman can be a star in this busi-
ness any more than in any other. Fat women
is like poets. They're born, not made,o and
Mr.. Keever chuckled in low, shrewd sort of
way.
allow do you treat them in addition to the
tonicl'
"Well, the fust necessity is sluggish circu.
lation. There must be nothin' around them to
excite. The fust thing looked out for after 1
made up my mind wuz a proper locality, and
after some travelin' picked out a little val
ley in Pennsylvania and bought quarter
section. 1t was jest the place. No railroads,
no whistles, no telegraphs, no nothin'. There
was plenty o. cows an clover, an sunrses an
noise, an the vines climb up the veranda in
slow sort Of a way that was very soothin'. /
begun with one girl, with her parents con-
sent, though had to take them, too, an they
got fat without any pay, but succeeded with
her wonderful Then branched out an ad-
vertlsed, an I've had my hands and the house
full ever since"
''Do you undertake to develop any sub.
iectl"
mot by no means. Subjects, TINT is the
best kind o. subjects, is hard to find. l like
to get 'em when they're children if l can.
They must be healthy and not nervous.
Your sleepy kind of girl is the best kind to
work with. The lazier she is the better. She
don't want to have any curiosity about any
thing. Curiosity is what keeps most women
thin. Then she's got to be sentimental in her
disposition. Sentiment is great developer.
Then again she must be good natured and
laugh easy. Laugh and grow fat means a
great deal more in my business than it does
on the cover Of comic almanac. Why, |
had to discharge one of the best men ever
had on that account"
"HOw was that.n
"His name was Charles and he came from
Portsmouth, N. H. hired him first as
farm laborer, but he was so speedy that
put him into the escort department. That,
five or six men have to take the subjects Il
walk around the garden. won't have no
body in my employ, you know, who amt
smiler. They must have natural smile, anC
help make the place cheerful The tloubl,
with Charlie was he couldn't smile. Th,
corners of his mouth drawed down naturally
heredity done it, s'pose, an he couldn't
smile. | spoke to him about it, an he done
his best. but when he'd hggered out what h,
thought was pretty good smile, he came an
showed it to me, an really felt sorry fol
him. 1t was awful. 'Twould have stopped {
Waterbury clock. So told him to let it 60
an try an talk pleasant to 'em, but twas ne
use Fat women Is the most sympathetic
things in the world. They seen Charlie goin
around like a Westchester county Hamlet, an
they begun TO worry an wonder about hi
nnhappinesS, which was dead ugin rules. 81
told him that Fairbanks and him couldn't
agree and we had to part company. Twas
pity, though, lie know'd his business to
dot"
"Do you give your subjects any book edu
cationg'
~ give 'em what education they need
They all read, of course, but / have to b
very particer as to what they read Love
as | was tellin' you, is great help, providet
its kept within imaginary limits. don't lie
'em read anything sensational, because tina
would make 'em nervous an quicken the cir
culation. Henry James is my best holt
Henry James, to me, Is the boss of them all
Why, if you could see me plant ON
OF my pets out on the porch in tn
sunshine shadder, with cne of James
books in her lap, it would do yo
good. She'll read for while, say fifteeI
YYNin 1,aYs al glitN l.yr -,
book'll settle down in her lap and she'll slee
like baby for an hour. Then she'll come t
herself, read few pages more an quietl
slip off again inter dreams. l tell you, sil
when I've looked at n row of 'em, all peace
full, all happy, all sleepin' quietly through
hot afternoon, I've wished | could meet MI
james an tell him what blessin he is to hi
timen
n should think they would want to &c
married"
"No. / educate em out of that. tell 'er
that ambition is bigger thing than matr
mony, and after they pass the 400 line an bt
gin to take pride in their business they neye
think Of marryin'. There's exceptions, though
raised girl from Connecticut-Alice wa
her name-and was proud of her She was
regular delight to me, Had perfect geniu
for the business. She came to me in May
81, rated at lSU, and when ] put he
in ono of my shows in September, 81, she wa
$40 and still risn, Well, she Travelled for
few months till She struck Memphis, Tenn
and what did She do but fall fiat in love wit
the skeleton gentleman from Ohio. He wa
splendid skeleton. Best ever saw. Locke
like a lot Of slate pencils tied together wit
thread left EN- together there and cam
up to the farm for couple o months Th
minute got back to Memphis knowed SOM
thin was wrong He was afraid to loo
me in the face and | knew in a minute he
been cuttin' up some monkey shines
clapped him on the scales and was staggere,
The villain weighed ninety pounds, and b
s-@-----
contract with ms was for sixtv.flve at III
outside. ] looked at Alice, an she commence
TO cry. The long and short Of it was She
tallen IN love with him, they'd got engage
while was away, and she'd been giving hin
part OF her tonic. discharged him, but
was no go. She commenced to pine and fal
away, an rather than lose her had to lie
EN- get married, an it ruined 'em both. The
had TO leave the business She dpu't ,vaiyi